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market was distinctly unprofitable. Halts and setbacks 

 in the steady progress of a pig's career will detract from 

 the profit he may ])g expected to yield. This emphasizes 

 the importance of jjroviding the right kind of supple- 

 mentary feeds 



SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDS 



Many feeds taken in connection with others are of 

 greater importance than on their single merits. Corn 

 feeding demands supplementary feed in order to bring 

 down to the proper degree the excess of its peculiar 

 qualities. Swine on pasture alone receive too much bulk 

 and not enough direct nutriment, which needs to be 

 supplied by supplemental concentrated feeds, if they are 

 expected to fatten. These also furnish the variety re- 

 quired by an omniverous animal. "The hog," says 

 Henry Wallace, "is built more like a man, or the man 

 more like a hog (we do not care how you put it), than 

 any other animal on the farm; therefore, he needs 

 ^'ariet3^ No man wants to live on an exclusive diet of 

 fried mush, or roasting ears, or apple dumplings, or 

 turkey and cranberry sauce meal after meal and day 

 after day. He needs variety, and so does the hog." 



In finishing a fattening hog somewhat close confine- 

 ment generally afl^ords the best results, and in that case, 

 again, supplemental feeds are of importance for the 

 variety they will give. 



Satisfactory supplemental feeds are usually available 

 on the farm, and ordinarily are not expensive parts of 

 the ration. 71iese, and the substitute feeds which must 

 be considered in time of drought or at other times when 



